Child care proceedings solicitors

Why choose Stephensons?

Stephensons’ child care solicitors specialise in dealing with complex and sensitive child care proceedings. We represent thousands of people, each year, across the UK. We can provide assistance and advice to parents, family members, children and guardians across all aspects of child care proceedings, including:

• Care orders
• Supervision orders
• Emergency protection orders
• Placement orders
• Adoption orders
• Special guardianship orders
• Child arrangement orders
• Prohibited steps orders
• Specific issue orders
• Child abduction
• Wardship and orders under the inherent jurisdiction
• Defending allegations of injury, abuse or neglect
• Domestic abuse/violence
• Police protection
• Pre-proceedings meetings
• Child protection conferences

Our child care solicitors will handle every aspect of your case, from the first meeting to representing you in court proceedings. We recognise the need for adopting a suitable approach to meet the needs of your case and, when appropriate robustly defending you and your family’s interests in court.

Our lawyers recognise the difficulties faced by parents and extended family members who find themselves needing legal advice and always give straight forward guidance in a sensitive and empathetic way. We are also able to arrange emergency client meetings, when appropriate, ensuring that your case moves quickly when time is key.

We are committed to providing access to legal services for all and in other cases we offer affordable fixed fee legal services. Parents involved in care proceedings and the pre-proceedings process are entitled to legal aid regardless of financial position.

Stephensons’ family law team has a strong reputation for achieving positive outcomes for its clients. The department was voted the Family Law Firm of the Year in 2014 and is accredited in the Legal 500 and the Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession as ‘leaders in the field of child care’.